- A Spring Air
A Spring Air*
Verse 1
Spring is here, the days grow long,
Skies are clear now Winter's gone
and dreams of love approach reality.
The once bare boughs of lilac trees
are haunted now by honey bees
- Benedictus Es Domine
Benedictus Es Domine
Verse 1:
O Fons Amoris Spiritus
O Sancte donorum parens
Tuas refusus intimis
Accende Flammas cordibus.
- Cantus Firmus To Counterpoint
Cantus Firmus to Counterpoint*+
Verse 1
Rejoice this harvestide, Alleluia.
Grateful for our countryside, Alleluia.
Mother earth yields her wheat, Alleluia.
Food For all the world to eat, Alleluia.
- Easy Come, Easy Go
Easy Come, Easy Go
The day sets the tempo
Rhythm and rhyme
Sat by the window
Feeling very satisfied
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- Evensong
Evensong
Light of the moon shine down soon
And spread the dusk with light
Wind from the west lay down to rest
I'll see my lady tonight
Chorus:
- Fantasia Lindum
Fantasia Lindum: [20:13]
a) Prelude and Theme;
b) Song: Swifts, Swains, Leafy Lanes;
c) Dance: Jig Upon Jig; Theme (lutes and recorder);
d) Dance (Galliard): God Must Doubt;
e) Song: Lincolnshire Lullaby;
f) Dance: Basse Dance; Theme (lute duet);
g) Dance: Quatre Dance Pavan;
- Highwayman
Highwayman
Verse 1:
Wind in his hair, riding across the night,
life isa jet black mare and a coach in sight.
Chorus:
He's a footpad, brigand, he's a tricorned villain
- Lady Marion's Galliard
Lady Marion's Galliard
Oh my Lady Marion
I have loved you long
Still you do me wrong
And taunt me with your jests
Oh my Lady Marion
A thousand deaths I die
- Lesson One
Lesson One
It's easy for me
To tell you the pangs of love
You see the best in everything
And circle like a dove
Oh with those easy living eyes
You see them burn and can feel you're growing wise.
- Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding
Verse 1:
Savour the kiss for love lies bleeding,
the horn 'neath her rose pricks your pleading.
The end so gently comes disguised in pity,
that flower once warm, sublime, falls bereft in decline.
- Old Moot Hall
Old Moot Hall
Now the dawn is breaking
You'll be awaking
And I'm still here raking
My mind what to do
You ignore my favours
- Pavan
Pavan
Fare you well on the morrow I must leave
And I'm bound for a far and distant land
A tale would tell of my poor heart and how it grieves
So for you my love this sorrowful Pavan
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- Ploughman
The Ploughman
If I were a Ploughman
I would plough your barren land
Sow my seeds of love with care
Hoping the fruits of passion they'll bear
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- Road to Sedgemoor
Road to Sedgemoor
Captain General, Rebel Chief
Monmouths's mercenaries
on the road to Sedgemoor and defeat.
Son of King and Paramour
exiled to fight afor William
- Safety In God Alone
Safety in God Alone
Verse 1:
Lighten our darkness, and show the way
To a land of love and plenty and a pillow for my head to lay
Oh Lord this burden's tiresome and weakness makes me stray
Oh guide this lonely soul, in hope to You I pray.
You'll try to outwit it,
- Sailing
Sailing
Sailing, I'm almost sailing
Waiting to sail away
Silver horizon beckons
Me to the silver sway.
Chorus:
- Season Of The Year
Season of the Year
If by chance we two should meet
Should I appear most discreet
Pretending that I know you not
The love we shared is hard forgot
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- Spring Season
Spring Season
Snow is melting
Hail's stopped pelting
The pilgrim's kirtle is dry
The river's thawed
Now boats are moored
Do you know the reason why?
- St. Crispin's Day
St. Crispin's Day
Now winter's cloak has covered all
Snow on the briars and trees so tall
Forget not the pledge we made in May
We were to wed on St. Crispin's Day
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- Three Season Almain
Three Seasons Almaine
Verse 1:
Now is the springtide gay
When lambs frolic and play
And buds burst all around,
Thrush with beauteous song
Thru' each fair Mayday long
- To Ye
To Ye
Verse 1:
Your glances are showing,
That love's seed is growing,
Its shoot sprouting, flowing sincerely.
And tho' you'll not say it
You hope and you pray it
- Under The Greenwood Tree
Under the Greenwood Tree
Dawn draws near and you rise wearily
From my bed in search of your own
As you go my thoughts turn drearily
To the empty hours I shall spend alone
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- Weaver's market
Weaver's Market
(Boy)
Come I'1 take you to town with me
For to see the fine weaver of words
Come and take the walk down with me
For to see all the things you had heard.
Oh, the road is short but tiring
- Willowood
Willowood
Each day you pass the village green
But seldom look my way
Each day I sit just in between
The words I want to say
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